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People Like Us

1999–2001 · 2 seasons

Deadpan cringe comedy where a hopeless interviewer wanders into ordinary lives, letting awkward silences and petty vanities do the laughing.

Genres
Comedy
Starring
Chris Langham, Tamsin Greig, Julia Davis
Overview
People Like Us was a British radio and TV comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary written by John Morton, and starring Chris Langham as Roy Mallard, an inept interviewer. Originally a radio show for BBC Radio 4 in three series from 1995 to 1997, it was made into a television series for BBC Two that aired from September 1999 to June 2000.

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Genres
Comedy
Starring
Chris Langham, Tamsin Greig, Julia Davis
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • class
  • media
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • workplace
  • suburbs
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity5
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Written by
John Morton
Starring
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Length
2 seasons, 12 episodes, 30 min each
Network
BBC Two
Languages
English

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